Cover: Jack Burnley & Charles Paris

Batman #39

Feb 1947 · DC · 0.10 USD

📊 ~118,106 copies sold its debut month

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“The Frightened People!”

In "The Frightened People!", a small child's accident sends a glider hurtling toward danger, and only the unexpected strength of Captain Tootsie stands between chaos and disaster. Penciled by C. C. Beck with inks by Pete Costanza, this 1947 Batman tale delivers a pulse-pounding moment of heroism, all captured in a striking cover by Jack Burnley and Charles Paris.

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writer Don C. Cameron · artist Bob Kane · inker Ray Burnley · letterer Ira Schnapp · cover Jack Burnley, Charles Paris

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Cast · 2 characters

Captain Tootsie Rollo

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writer Don C. Cameron

artist Bob Kane

inker Ray Burnley

letterer Ira Schnapp

cover pencils Jack Burnley

cover inks Charles Paris

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A small child accidentally releases the brake on a glider and only Captain Tootsie's strength enables him to grab the tow rope and pull the glider back down.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).